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Topic: Yota front axl built for jumps. (Read 12519 times)

Just getting my foot in the door here on the forums and just starting to acquire all the goodies to do my first solid axl swap.i have an 88 4runner that i love to jump here and there and the A arms take it quit nicely, all stock on 31x10.50's.had an 80 hilux traded it but kept the leafs and front axl for my SAS. i keep hearing not to jump them axl's cuz they are thin and notorious for bending but ive seen other wise.

would like to here of personal set ups and jumping experiences with first gen straight axls.and a good list of do and donts to prep the axl. Upper Axle Reinforcement Gussetthe knuckle gusset thingyi want to run high steer but i might go cross over if its a better choice for my build.i would like to build it the right way from the get go. no going back and replacing things that didnt work out.Build it, wheel it, add to the build also info on wheel spacers, would like to stay away from them but dont know the pros or cons of them<---can they work on a truck that loves hangtime???or alternative means of making it the same width as rear?can i run with different widths?

why do you want to do a sas if your jumping it? if you want to set it up for jumping, ifs is the way to go. if your rock crawling-sas. I had 42's on my 85 toyota pickup when I was in high school. i jumped the daylights out of it at the beach almost everyday after school. i never could figure out why I couldn't get a third member to last more than 4 months. it was because of a bent housing and axles that were wiping out the bearings. finally swapped it all out for straight housings and axles and never jumped it again. just my

in that pic could you run that set up with out the t bars? i think thats blazelands set up if im not mistaken in the pic.

that is blazelands set up. its not mine but a members on yotatech. i guess you could run it without the tbars if you set it up correctly with the correct shocks and springs. best person before you buy anything is talk to blazelands. tell them your plans and im sure they can point you in the right direction . look forward to your build and videos of jumps

ya a buddy of mine is just now swaping over to that axl. ill see how well it holds up and how he likes it. ima start saving and selling so when i hit a decent amount of cash im goin either Blazeland LT or fj80. ya and setting up the steering was the only issue he was sayin, think he was going for full hydro. for now ima wheel stock IFS as usual and keep having a blast as always.

i would check out dezertrangers.com or race-dezert.com, you can find used total chaos kits pretty cheap and then have the benefit of chromoly a arms and more travel. the blazeland kit is good for the price but you still need a higher spring rate torsion bar or coil overs, shock hoops, t100 axles, and you only get 12" metal to metal, ad bumps and that's 10 to 11". my total chaos kit is pulling 12" bump to bump, i can get 13" if i grind out my in cv cups and move my bumps. either way you go i would get the total chaos lower a arm brace or it will bend the mounting point at the rear lower a arm mount, and get there idler arm, the stock ones don't hold up with the extra length and leverage. check out JD fabrication also they sell a pretty nice kit. I am really surprised that more company's haven't built kits for these trucks since its actually a better platform then the tacomas.

Total chaos makes a kit that eliminates the torsion bars and uses coils but like you said it is pricy. When I was looking into it a while ago it was over $3000. Peterson 4 wheel drive magazine built an 86 Toyota truck with a total chaos kit and ran 37's and would rock crawl with it too. It is a nice kit but I know in my case cost three times what the truck does.